A.   The 6th Amendment.

B.   The 5th Amendment.

C.   All of these

D.   The 4th Amendment

A.   Preceded the American Revolutionary War.

B.   Followed the American Civil War

C.   Happened in the midst of WWII, threatening the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

D.   Has been a common event in almost all of the wars that the US has fought

A.   Actually quite low, much less than half.

B.   Very high, well over half.

C.   None of these.

D.   About half and half the country trusting the government.

A.   They did not like the fact that there was not a written British Constitution that they could cite to protect their interests.

B.   They liked the fact that Parliament could act quickly on matters, but they did not like the members of Parliament.

C.   They were fine with Parliament determining what was law, they just wanted their own representatives in London.

D.   None of these.

A.   It extended 1st Amendment liberties to African Americans.

B.   It abolished slavery everywhere in the United States.

C.   It freed the slaves, but only in the rebellious southern states

D.   It guaranteed the right to trial to African Americans

A.   The Same-Sex Marriage Movement

B.   The founding of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

C.   The Right-to-Life Movement.

D.   Brown v. Board of Education (1954).

A.   It has effectively satisfied the Founding Fathers' desire for greater centralization of powers in the national government

B.   It has satisfied all people at the local level that their government is completely responding to their needs.

C.   It has completely eliminated discrimination against various groups of people

D.   It has provided an effective check on unilateral power whether at the federal or state level.

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   Voter ID laws in Wisconsin.

B.   Florida's method of counting votes in the 2000 presidential election.

C.   The federal Defense of Marriage Act.

D.   Segregation of private schools in North Carolina

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   Colonial governors who could veto any laws.

B.   Actual representatives of their own choosing in Parliament or in the colonies.

C.   Lawyers in residence at Parliament to decide how Parliament's laws would be implemented in the colonies.

D.   Fewer taxes, and they really did not care about representation

A.   Abstain

B.   Review.

C.   None of these.

D.   Negative or negate.

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   Politically disparaging words, libel, and obscenity

B.   Libel, politically disparaging words, and fighting words

C.   Obscenity, fighting words, and politically disparaging words.

D.   Fighting words, obscenity, and libel

A.   The judiciary to remove unfit Congressmen from office.

B.   The executive to nullify laws that do not meet with the meaning of the Constitution

C.   The executive to review the legality of legislation

D.   The judiciary to review the constitutionality of legislation.

A.   The Bill of Rights contains two separate limitations on religion.

B.   People can not be compelled to make pledges that contain religious expressions such as "God."

C.   The Bill of Rights permits the establishment of a state religion in certain special cases

D.   Neither the federal nor the state government can dictate which religion people can observe.

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   Actually myths.

B.   Best accepted and not questioned.

C.   None of these

D.   Founded on pure fact

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   New ideas in the English parliamentary system

B.   . Considered out-of-date notions by the Americans.

C.   None of these

D.   Major themes in the common history of both the English people and the American colonists.

A.   Compromise.

B.   Move bills to the front of the legislative calendar

C.   Ease the effects of gridlock

D.   Delay or block legislation.

A.   It is telling something untrue about persons in public media that may result in harm to them or their reputations.

B.   It is lying about a person in public media

C.   It is lying about another person.

D.   It is telling the secrets of a person to the federal government.

A.   Montesquieu’s theory applied only to Italy.

B.   The large and diverse population of America was an advantage, as it would bring ideological balance in a republican government

C.   Montesquieu's theory about the size of republics was correct but that the American republic could overcome the problem with adequate funds

D.   Montesquieu was correct that the most successful republic was a small one

A.   None of these.

B.   The executive would be a single individual and have the power of the veto over legislation.

C.   The executive would have the power of the veto and would have no role in nominating federal judges.

D.   The executive would have a Cabinet and have no role in nominating federal judges

A.   The 14th Amendment.

B.   All have been equally important

C.   The 13th Amendment

D.   The 15th Amendment

A.   The US Constitution is the law of the land.

B.   The US Constitution supersedes state law.

C.   Any laws made that further the intent of the Constitution are protected by the clause

D.   All of these

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   President can do whatever is necessary and proper for the people.

B.   Judiciary must determine if laws are necessary and proper.

C.   Congress makes any laws necessary and proper to carry out the intent of the Constitution.

D.   Executive and the legislature work together in a proper way to make necessary laws

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   Are not a very effective way to reach the people

B.   Are nice but not essential to federalism or democracy

C.   Are important for federalism to function effectively.

D.   Are only important in primary campaigns.

A.   The liberties and freedoms government is supposed to protect will not prevail

B.   All of these.

C.   Our ongoing experiment in democracy will not function

D.   Federalism is unlikely to work well.

A.   Social movements challenged divine right monarchies in the 18th century

B.   Social movements originated in response to the notion that there should be broader distributions of power.

C.   Social movements originated in western societies

D.   Social movements never attempted to address the issue of slavery.

A.   All of these

B.   Levying taxes

C.   Establishing and maintaining schools.

D.   Declaring war

A.   Since the Progressive Era

B.   Since the Abolition Movement just before the Civil War.

C.   Mostly in the last 50 years

D.   Throughout the entire history of the nation.

A.   All of these.

B.   Experience proved that states would never uniformly comply with national requests

C.   Each state legislature contained "courtiers of popularity" who would actively oppose particular policies

D.   Each state's doubts about the others' commitment to policies would slow down and clog the federal system.

A.   All of these.

B.   Three tiers of review for deciding whether due process of law was denied.

C.   Three tiers of review for deciding whether equal protection was denied

D.   Three tiers of review for deciding whether citizenship was denied unconstitutionally

A.   All of these

B.   Levels of government that cover all the people living in the sovereign territory.

C.   Each level of government has powers to leverage against the others

D.   Different responsibilities for each level of government.

A.   All of these

B.   Subject to the jurisdiction of the federal government with no separate powers

C.   An entirely separate level of government that is protected from encroachments or interference from state or federal governments

D.   Subject to the jurisdiction of state government with no separate powers

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   Persuade George Washington to become the president

B.   Convince Americans that they should NOT accept federalism.

C.   Persuade the citizens of New York to ratify the Constitution

D.   Designate Boston as the location for the next federal convention

A.   Much of it was experimental

B.   The delegates understood that many of the vague terms in the Constitution would have to be worked out in the future

C.   It was a fairly complex system.

D.   All of these.

A.   All of these.

B.   Stated that the colonists had to obey Parliament "in all cases whatsoever

C.   Applied to matters of taxation

D.   Eventually, applied to legislative acts in general

A.   The national government could demand funds from the individual states to fund its operations.

B.   The national government had to rely on the individual states to raise troops.

C.   The national government had the power to raise troops.

D.   The national government had the power to tax

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   All of these.

B.   The material describes sexual conduct in an offensive way.

C.   The material lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value

D.   The average person would find the material as appealing to a "prurient" interest

A.   All of these

B.   Was actually not a compromise but a series of wins and defeats.

C.   Instituted a formula which counted slaves as three-fifths of a non-slave

D.   Benefited small states.

A.   Civil rights issues can not be resolved with Congressional legislation

B.   Executive orders are usually ineffective to resolve civil rights issues

C.   Civil rights issues can only be resolved in the courts.

D.   None of these

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   The Congress has the final say

B.   The US Constitution has the final say

C.   The president has the final say.

D.   The states have the final say